Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09
GENERAL NEWS.

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WilliamF Smith, general passenger agent
of the Grand Trunk railroad, died suddenly
IN New York.
The situation in Manitoba is becoming
precarious. The Dominion government Will
use force. If necessary, to prevent the build
inc of the Red River railway, and the
Nanitobans appear to be full of fight. In
dications are that the province will soon be
In state of open rebellion 1t the ottawa
government persists in its present course.
Simla dispatch says the rebellion in AZ
ghanistan has collapsed.
David Armstrong, cashier of the First Ma
ional bank of jackson, Ohio, has been ap-
pointed receiver of the wrecked Fidelity at
Cincinnati.
In the eight-oared barge-race between the
Harvard and Columbia crews at New Lon
don the former won. The distance was sl1
miles and the time 900, beating the record
~ ten seconds.
The Armours have brought another pack
ing house at Omaha.
In the French chamber, motion for
urgency Of the bill for the election OF the
senate by universal suffrage was opposed by
the government and rejected by 37 nays to
S06 years
The Pacific railway commission heard
some lively and interesting testimony at
Omaha, from George N. Crawford and Ed
itor Rosewater, of The Bee, about the
methods employed by the Union Pacific
company to influence legislation in Ne
braska.
Senator Evarts and Edward Pierrepont,
Al. - nd Of
the class of '82, addressed the Yale alumni
meeting at New Haven.
The Ghilzais, who are in revolt against the
ameer, who were reported to have been
annihilated, are now credited with an i'm
portant victory before Ghuzni. They are
said, however, to have suffered defeat, with
heavy loss, near Istadch.
It is charged that the appointment of
General Boulanger to an army command
was made for the purpose of getting him
away from Paris during the national fetes
and review in July, when, no doubt, the
government will find his absence very
precious.
The Chinese legations at Paris and Lon
den are to be reunited, and joint ambassa-
dor appointed to Austria, Germany, Russia,
and Holland.
Cardinal Gibbons denies that the holy see
has entertained the idea of sending nuncio
to America, as asserted by DR.. McGlynn.
A fire at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, des-
troyed many buildings, causing q loss of |
about 100000.
War Minister Ferron' g plan for the reorgan-
ization of the French army has been rejected
by the committee of the chamber to which |
it was referred.
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has appointed a committee of five to act with
a similar committee to be appointed by the
bricklayers in arbitrating the existing
troubles. The committee was instructed to
stand firmly by the declaration of principles
recently promulgated by the association, and
insist upon its recognition as the basis of any
settlement.
An Augusta, Georgia, paper accused
Major" Greene, general manager of the
Georgia Central railroad, of "connving with
. disreputable woman" in a blackmailing
enterprise, and called him ''black-hearted
scoundrel:" The major promptly sent the
promptly declined it. Then the major
posted the editor as poltroon and a vilifer,
md the community is waiting in breathless
anxiety to see what the editor will do about
It. TWAS hardly necessary to mention, as
he dispatches do, that the major and the I
'ditor ''are both Of Augustus first and best
amilies, and rank high in public estimation" |
That would have been taken for granted.
The compromise scalen has been signed
oy the Joint committee of the AmaiEamated {
association and the iron and steel manufac-
urers. The workmen secure an advance
II 10 per cent In wages, but concede the
extras" demanded by the association. This !
action averts the danger OF general strike
,r lockout in the iron and steel industries
turing the next twelve months.
The contract for building the Red River {
Valley railroad in Manitoba has been award ]
I'd at Winnipeg, by the provincial authori-
hes. The contractors will begin operation I
1t once.
The short-time movement is spreading
among the English cotton-spinners:
France has made formal protest against
he alleged encroachments of Italy upon
French rights in Zeilah, on the Red sea.
The subscriptions for the first 100000, 600
marks of the new German loan will be
opened July 8.
The Journal des Debats declares that
France "can not agree that England, by any
,rete1t, should have the right to perpetual
of Egypt, or that she should be
llowed to reoccupy it for reasons of which
he alone shall judge" IL
M. Ristics, the new premier of Servia, in !
circular to the representatives of that coun-
ny abroad, declares that the ministerial /
'olicy is one of peace, progress, and reform.
Jay Gould's youngest son, Eddie, who is
till minor, is said to have Melted 800, 600
~ speculations in stocks during the past
veek.
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montreal bank, was indicted by the Cook
county grand jury for bringing the stolen |
money into Illinois. The amount of his /
tealings was about $4,000. Parent is now